Lanka beat Proteas in lone T20I: Here're the records broken
South Africa were bamboozled by Sri Lanka's spin attack as they posted their lowest ever T20I score to lose the one-off match in Colombo. Lakshan Sandakan was the chief architecture for Lanka as he achieved a triple-wicket maiden to destroy the Proteas batting line-up. SA posted 98 runs with the hosts (99/7) chasing the target down with 24 deliveries to spare.
Lanka surge to victory
Stat attack: Sri Lanka vs South Africa lone T20I
This was Lanka's second successive T20I series victory against South Africa. They had earlier beaten the Proteas 2-1 in 2016-17. SA's earlier lowest score against the Lankans was 113/10 in Johannesburg in 2017. Sandakan's figures of 3/19 was the seventh best figure notched in a Sri Lanka vs South Africa T20I. Akila Dananjaya (2/15) scripted the 7th best economy in head-to-head ties (3.75).
The numbers game: SL vs SA, T20Is
South Africa conceded 8 extras in the match which was the 5th highest in a T20I between the two sides. Dinesh Chandimal and Quinton de Kock both took their tally for effecting the most number of dismissals (8) in overall Lanka vs Proteas T20Is. Tabraiz Shamsi delivered his best ever T20I figures in his career (2/26).
